October 13, 2024
The Story | Does God Ask Too Much? | Chapter 6
Beginnings: How God Got Things Started, A Chosen People.
This was Israel’s big day! Everything had been pointing towards this. Everyone was excited and when the moment came, they blew it! Totally dropped the ball. Trusted leaders turtled and turned the people of God against God’s good (and challenging) plan. God still got done what needed to be done—it just took 40 extra years and made for one long camping trip for an entire generation.
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Chapter 6: Numbers 13:26-33
- Were you ever given a job that seemed like it was too much for you? Tell that story and how it played out.
- What excuses have you used (or still use) when God asks you to do something that seems like more than you want to do?
- What do you think made Caleb different? How hard is it for you when you have to stand against the crowd?
- What mission has God given to us, his Church? Are you responding like Caleb or like the others? Explain.
- “We seemed like grasshoppers to ourselves and to them.” Is there a place in your life right now where you feel tiny or inadequate? What’s your plan (or God’s plan) for working that through?
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